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Ensuring Accountability to Girls throughout Generation Equality
Achieving progress for girls, including adolescent girls, requires us to tackle the many causes and consequences of the rights violations they experience at once and in an integrated manner. If the Action Coalitions as part of the Beijing+25 process are t
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Gender Discrimination and Childhood Statelessness
This report goes in-depth into the issue of childhood statelessness driven by gender discriminatory laws, policies and practices. It discusses the relationship between gender discrimination and statelessness among children, illustrates the consequences of
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Unseen, Unsafe: The underinvestment in ending violence against children in the Pacific and Timor-Leste
Unseen, Unsafe reveals the alarming scale of violence being perpetrated against children in the Pacific and Timor-Leste, and the critically low amount of funding being invested to address it. Produced by Save the Children in collaboration with Child Fund,
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Amplifying Meaningful Child Participation in Decision Making: Unlocking Cambodia's future
Children and adolescents are key drivers for the development and economic future of Cambodia. Despite this, children's participation in policymaking and decisions that impact them has been limited, and entrenched gender norms have prohibited girls' partic
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The Many Faces of Exclusion: End of Childhood Report 2018
1.2 billion children are threatened by conflict, widespread poverty or discrimination against girls. In commemoration of International Children’s Day, Save the Children releases its second annual End of Childhood Index, taking a hard look at the events th
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WINGS 2018 World of India's Girls: A study on the perception of girls' safety in public spaces
India’s girls are growing up in an atmosphere marked by rapid growth and greater opportunities. Increased access to education for girls, more awareness about their rights and exposure to opportunities outside the home has meant that more girls are aspirin
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Save the Children's Global Strategy: Thematic Areas Key Messages
Save the Children will do whatever it takes for the right of every child to achieve three breakthroughs: to survive, to learn, and to be protected from all forms of violence. By integrating our five areas of expertise through a child-centered approach we
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Every Last Girl: Free to live, free to learn, free from harm
Save the Children’s Every Last Child campaign is fighting to change how the world thinks about – and tackles – the exclusion millions of the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged children face. Standing up for every last girl is at the heart of our campa
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Save the Children Tajikistan Child Protection Situational Analysis
Children in Tajikistan face many child protection (CP) issues and challenges. These include the worst forms of child labour (WFCL), domestic work, corporal punishment in homes and schools, domestic violence, gender based discrimination and violence, sexua
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FGM and Asylum in Europe
This mini-feature, a set of five articles published by Forced Migration, explores the practice of FGM in the context of asylum in Europe. FGM is the practice of Female Genital Mutilation, also known as FGM/C – female genital mutilation/cutting. Each artic
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Rights of Migrant Women and Girls: A child rights perspective
This paper is part of a series of bridging papers looking at different points of the 5-year Action Plan for Collaboration from a child rights perspective. It analyses the gender dimension in migration, whether women or girls have migrated themselves or re
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UNICEF Position Paper: Eliminating Discrimination Against Children and Parents Based on Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity
This document puts forth UNICEF's position on the elimination of discrimination against children and parents based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity. UNICEF adheres to both the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Universal Declaration